GIMP 2.8.4 发布了，带来了一些重要的 bug 修复。GIMP 2.8 是一个稳定分支，目前该系列不会再添加新的功能，只会包含 bug 修复。
GIMP 2.8.4 最重要的改变包括:
- Better names for the default filters in save and export
- Make tool drawing (esp. the brush outline) much more responsive
- Remember the "maximized" state across sessions
- Simplify the splash image code a lot, makes it appear immediately again
- Allow the text tool to start on an image without layers
- Various fixes for text style attribute handling
- Set unconfigured input devices to eraser if GTK+ says they are erasers
- Make libgimp drawable combo boxes aware of layer groups
- Fix item width in GimpPageSelector (used e.g. in PDF import)
- Better default values in the Drop Shadow script
- Fixed bugs in the BMP plug-in
- Lots of bug fixes and translation updates
下一个 GIMP 版本是 2.10 ，将支持得到更高的位深度，支持层组的层罩，完全移植到 GEGL 等。而 GIMP 3.0 将最终移植到 GTK3，这两个版本的发行日期目前还没计划。
因为主流系统都可以运行GIMP